For Ladies Who are 5'7

Darn Black Swan!!! You look amazing. My goal is 145 but I may change it now. I have a small waist and wide WIDE hips and usually am pretty content around 150.

Hi! I'm 5'7 and started at about 146. I was always tall and thin, and small framed. No boobs or curves... just the way I am built. My goal was 130 because that is where I was when i got married 7 years ago, before I had kids and I was healthy. I have since lost a bit more than that but im in maintenance mode now.

I don't know what my end goal is. I guess it is to lose 30lbs and get to where I was back in my car show days and rethink it at that point. Funny that I thought I was overweight then when I would give anything to have that body again! lol!

It really does depend on what type of structure you want. I am exactly 5'6.5 so I say 5'7 as I'm unsure as how that 1/2 inch matters (I suppose if I had to walk under a beam I'd care) My signature says most of it I think. When I was in high school I was between 135lb and 145lb. I was in OK health, I didn't think I was and certainly always wished I was thinner. I was wearing a size 8-10 depending. I barely ate and that's as low as I was able to get. I am of medium build. At 33 I was a fitness freak, I played canoe polo twice a week, whitewater paddled at least twice a week, and biked all the time. I carried a lot of muscle and was very lean, I was around 155lb last I had checked and was in great health. I wore a size 8 which is weird given that I weighed more than at 18. I think you have to trash the idea of a "perfect" number. If you don't want to be active all of the time and build a lot of muscle you want to look at weighing around 130-135, if you're carrying a lot of muscle and are very active you will likely be perfectly happy between 145 and 155 lb - Frankly I'm shooting for 160, but as fit and musclular as I once was. Cheers and good luck.

I'm at 138lbs. with boobs and hips and I would like to get to 130lbs. My profile picture is recent and my current weight.

My goal is about 150-- My ticker shows ME at 150-160ish... I am 190 now.

I'm 5'7 and was never over weight til I hit about 21-22yrs old. All through high school I was between 140-145. All the things I've read said my ideal weight should be between 140-150. I am a girl that was also born with curves. Even at 145 I had a big butt and boobs. So right now my personal goal is just that some where between 140-150. I have the same goal as you, I want to be healthy and well rounded, I don't want to be "skinny". I just want to be a healthy normal size. When I was 145lbs I was still wearing a size 7-9 because of my butt. :-)

Good luck with your weight loss.

Hello everyone!

I'm 5'7" and I started off at 165 lb. My profile pic shows me back in January before I started MFP, I haven't taken any recent pics, but I'm now down to 148 and trying to bust past this 3-4 week plateau I've been in. My goal is 140 lbs and I have a medium frame. I think the most frustrating part is that I'm a pear shape so my hips/thighs are still a size 10, but my boobs/waist are a 4-6. Add me if you want, love to have other 5'7ers

I'm at 137 now but want to be at 120 pounds now, I dont think i look fat but i just want to lose some inches on my arms and a little off my stomach, and thighs then i'll be happy.

I'm 5'7.5" and weigh 128, I also have a small frame; little wrists, narrow shoulders. I am at my goal weight now, wanted to be 126 but realized that would be too thin. Hard to not get too thin when all you see on magazines and TV are real thin women.

I'm 5'7" and my goal weight is 138 and I chose that because it will be exactly 100 pounds lighter than what I started at. I am just so tired of being fat and want a flat stomach and be able to wear whatever the heck I want! lol I have NEVER been thin so I'm so excited to lose this stupid weight and find the real me. Feel free to add me!

I am 5'6. The number on the scale is such a small part of the equation. My goal is focused more on body fat percent. I do cardio 3 days a week and weight training 3 days a week. So while I'm losing fat, I am putting on muscle. My goal used to be 145 pounds, but I think with doing the weight training, that even at a low body fat percentage (my goal is 20%-22%), that I'll still be over 145. And that's ok. Because with doing the weight training, I'll be toned and sexy, even if I am above 145.

So, my focus is more on watching my body fat percentage drop. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE IT when that scale goes down... but health and fitness is more than just the number on the scale.


God bless!

I am at 150 and I'm ok with it, that was my personal goal. I can wear a 10 or an 8 depending on how it's made. I'm 42 and had to work my butt off to lose weight this time around. I have no regrets and my waist is 32". I am at a healthy BMI when I put in the information. I have a roll on my tummy that may never leave, ughhh.... but I feel great. I'm debating a colon cleanse to make sure all toxins are out of my body. Good luck and do what feels right and good for you. I hate getting stuck on the numbers game, it can discourage you. Go by how you look and feel.

I'm 5'6.5, but I'm sure that's close enough. My goal weight is very loosely 140 pounds. I haven't been that weight since I was short enough for that to still be considered overweight. I'm not so focused on the number, though, and more so how I look at feel.

I'm sure I'll know when I get there.

What I do know right now is that the most I want to be is 160 pounds.